I have not paid any real attention to this case.
I do find it quite telling how Prince Andrew was the only name revealed in the Epstein scandal.
It is the US so these things are allowed to be put in public before legal course. Not in the UK - although the British press do run the stories.
One question people should ask - what would you do if it was you In MM position?
As for the BBC scandal that was or wasn't, it should make people think.
Just looking at the threads on here about affairs/adultery for instance allow for a comparison to be made - because it all centres around the same subject.
Perspective (not blame) is sometimes everything:
If a 13 year-old goes with a 17/18 year-old (not yet an adult in terms of the law) they risk going on a sex offender register. Even with consent and no harm
A marriage and family can be torn apart by affairs, yet such conduct is normalised as acceptable in law and the divorce then becomes about finances and possessions - not children.
Another perspective ( perspective, not blame) is to consider the damage done by officials in regards to misconduct in public office which carries a maximum life imprisonment tariff.
How many people have been given that sentence?
Zero.
Protected to the hilt while the standards are set which don't apply to them. How can anything improve?
I suppose a dead nurse at the hands of a police officer through a force who have been a cause for concern for years is not taken seriously. Officers slipping in and out of forces no questions asked.
I could go on and on about other issues there but that is in my blog where I have more to write.
Has anyone here claimed benefits?
You will know the levels of privacy information they ask.
We are legally required to give it. Officials, don't have to answer serious concerns?
Unfortunately there are some very sick people who would rather you suffer than them.
Such misconduct gets excused as personal and no-ones business. Or a counter claim as possibly vexatious. Sure we all make mistakes but we aren't sat where you are. A fundamental difference.
As I said to somebody recently, you can't look outwards until you look inwards.
As for anyone wanting to be taken seriously and be seen as sincere in any trusted position - it starts with your personal behaviour and attitude to it.
It is one thing to make a mistake but to then abuse power in cover up and use bullying, intimidation to silence complainers - is evil and does great harm to trust and peoples MH. You can't behave like that and expect others to trust you.
Look at the caliber of current PM - moreover, look to those who support him but wouldn't approve of his behaviours in others.
It isn't the people going to jail that are the real cause for concern but those who AREN'T!
There are people who are probably scared right now, don't be. Unless you are a mass murderer or total lost cause for help, there is always a bigger deck out there than you. You just need to find the argument for it.
I don't need approval or verification on my views because my own experiences entitle me to hold them.
I have no time for people who stand in my way. You have nothing of decency to gain.